Meth is becoming one of the most easily available and addictive illegal drug that is on the streets today. Methamphetamine is relatively inexpensive and you are able to get it on street corners all across the United States. Drug addiction is a growing problem around the country and the drug addiction treatment centers are seeing [...]
Oregon has enacted a law prohibiting the sale of K2 incense. There are more reports from poison control and emergency rooms that this “spice” is becoming a danger to people that are smoking it. Synthetic cannabis, also known as “K2″ or “Spice,” was sold in smoke shops throughout the state as incense. If smoked, it [...]
Have you noticed that someone you love is a little over anxious or sweating at odd times, even when it is cold? Sometimes the signs stare the families in the face without even realizing there might be a problem with drug addiction. Here are some other signs: Rotting teeth Sores all over the body High [...]
Murietta Co, CA is offering jail alternatives such as drug addiction treatment for non violent drug offenders in the local area. The cost of the diversion program is $13,000 per enrollee, compared to an annual average cost of $47,337 per inmate in state prison, according to the court. This saves the county over $30,000 per [...]
Danville, Ohio has a way to help educate the young population about the dangers of drug abuse. They are going to use teenagers to make a video to help educate other teenagers on the dangers. This was all started by a woman who lost her son to alcohol and incorrectly taking prescription drugs while in [...]
In Kentucky local authorities have conducted what they call as a massive drug sweep of the area with 11 suspected drug dealers arrested. “These are the first of many individuals we expect to round up over the next several weeks as we serve even stronger notice that illegal drugs and those who sell them are [...]
Seems the recession is making more people stay home and drink. More people are staying at home to drink and in larger quanities. They don’t have to monitor their alcohol because they don’t have to go home after they get intoxicated. This is leading to alcohol addiction in massive numbers. It’s time to help family [...]
Melissa Gilbert is speaking out on the dangers of drug addiction. She herself has had her own personal struggle with drugs and alcohol growing up as a child star in the 1980’s. Gilbert added that parents her age and younger often face different challenges than earlier generations of parents faced when discussing drugs with their [...]
In Washington State budget cuts are all but going to make prosecution of illegal drugs harder. When there is no prosecution it makes drug addiction treatment centers fight even harder. Many people that are addicted to drugs end up in jail for a simple possession charge, many times this leads the drug addict to a [...]
The stress and sometimes torment that the family members of addicts go through is not often chronicled. The daily anxiety of never knowing if the addict will live another day, the fear of what any phone call can bring and witnessing the slow decay of life, has its toll. Hopefully effective drug treatment is in [...]
